An opera setting where the chorus flies on and off the stage onto metal platforms but otherwise stands without movement. An opera where the stagehands are ‘forced’ to move the scenery around by pistol-holding thugs in graffitied clothes. An Easter

‘I had no other tools than to react as an artist.’ – Igor Levit This new release on CD and streaming from German-Russian pianist Igor Levit is his personal response, in music, to the 7th October 2023 atrocities in Israel

When you hear Debussy or Ravel, what do you imagine—floating, swirling, twirling, and evanescent sonorities? Quatuor Arod takes their audiences to alternate planes through their wonderful playing and through recreating musical experiences with innovation and imagination. This YouTube of the

What music does an avowed pacifist write during the tumultuous year of 1939? Benjamin Britten was exceedingly discouraged by the rise of fascism and the defeat of Spain’s Republicans. As the Spanish Civil War raged, Britten had witnessed the senseless

“Is it possible to play Music for Airports on the piano?” American pianist, Bruce Brubaker, asked himself this question when thinking about his new album, Eno Piano, a remarkable reinterpretation of Brian Eno’s ambient masterpiece Music for Airports (the album

The 1950s saw enormous changes in popular music. In the US, rock and roll displaced an enormous number of popular genres, from yodelling to ballads. Outside the US, rock and roll also shifted local music off the stage. In Argentina,

An invaluable and practical resource for musicians First published in 2013, The Musician’s Journey by Dr Jill Timmons is a handbook for musicians who want to make the most of their specialist training to carve a successful professional career. A

Young South Korean pianist Julian Jaeyoung Kim makes a bold statement with his debut CD, Brahms Resonances, featuring Brahms’ Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 5, and the Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 35. A C. Bechstein pianist and